Libraryhttp://hdl.handle.net/10523/1992016-12-09T17:21:35Z2016-12-09T17:21:35ZJohn Evelyn (1620-1706) An Inventory of Works, Special Collections, University of OtagoSmith, Romillyhttp://hdl.handle.net/10523/69482016-11-21T13:02:38Z2016-11-21T00:00:51ZJohn Evelyn (1620-1706) An Inventory of Works, Special Collections, University of Otago
2016
Smith, Romilly
John Evelyn was born in Wotton, Surrey in October 1620. He lived in tumultuous times – the execution of Charles I, the ascension of Oliver Cromwell and the Interregnum, and the Restoration of King Charles II, of whose Court Evelyn was a member.
A friend and contemporary of diarist Samuel Pepys, Evelyn kept his own diary from 1641 until just before his death; it was first published in 1818. Evelyn was a founding member of the Royal Society; and published over 30 works in his lifetime, most notably his treatise on trees and forestry, Sylva; a work that went through multiple editions.
Dunedin-born Esmond de Beer (1895-1990) was an eminent scholar of John Evelyn and wrote the definitive edition of Evelyn’s Diary (1955). De Beer lived most of his adult life in London but donated many of his books to the University of Otago and it is him we must thank for most of the Evelyn titles in Special Collections.
The books in this inventory will be listed in chronological order of date of printing, not necessarily of first publication (please refer to Keynes’s Bibliography for this list.) Multiple edition copies of the same title will be listed together.
For the purposes of this inventory, page numbers from Geoffrey Keynes’s John Evelyn: A Study in Bibliophily with a Bibliography of his Writings, 2nd edition (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1968), will be given.
2016-11-21T00:00:51ZUniversity of Otago Open Access Publishing Survey ResultsWhite, RichardRemy, Melaniehttp://hdl.handle.net/10523/69472016-11-21T13:02:38Z2016-11-20T23:59:32ZUniversity of Otago Open Access Publishing Survey Results
2016-11
White, Richard; Remy, Melanie
2016-11-20T23:59:32ZFrom tourist to treasure hunter: a self-guided orientation programme for first-year studentsThompson, KateKardos, RosemaryKnapp, Lynnehttp://hdl.handle.net/10523/67802016-09-15T21:02:59Z2016-09-15T21:02:59ZFrom tourist to treasure hunter: a self-guided orientation programme for first-year students
2008-01-31
Thompson, Kate; Kardos, Rosemary; Knapp, Lynne
Students arriving for the ﬁrst time at university can be overwhelmed: numerous people, diverse buildings, the campus to navigate, lots to do and general information overload. A number of strategies are developed to assist students upon arrival, but the focus is on meeting immediate needs of administration, accommodation and socializing. Preliminary lectures are held and the academic year is underway. The ﬁrst written tasks are set and the student discovers that an adequate result is obtained by simply ‘going online’, perhaps using ‘Google Scholar’. A visit to the large and somewhat intimidating space of a university library can be avoided; in effect, may never need to be visited.
Such students will miss a signiﬁcant aspect of a university education. Most higher education institutions are aware of the problem and have proactive library staff members who provide support for students, as individuals or as a component of their programme.
2016-09-15T21:02:59ZIlluminating Otago HeritageBrown, AllisonDelaborde, Emmanuelhttp://hdl.handle.net/10523/64952016-06-09T14:02:08Z2016-05-31T22:49:25ZIlluminating Otago Heritage
2016
Brown, Allison; Delaborde, Emmanuel
Poster introduction:
Goal: Optimise the University Library's DAMS (Digital Asset Management System) workflows relating to ingest and curation of our digital collections.
Issue: The standard ingest process for Islandora requires a separate ingest form per format.
Solution: A single ingest process for different formats - re-use metadata from other databases e.g. MINISIS and Alma (see main Workflow) - provide a straightforward bulk ingest process (see Coingest) - establish ongoing syncing of metadata from other databases (see Cosync).
Submitted paper abstract:
The University of Otago Library is responsible for the curation of extensive New Zealand and other heritage collections, in particular, those housed within the Hocken Collections. The need to better curate and showcase these collections to the widest possible audience has informed the development of a digital preservation solution for all Library digital assets, including, but extending beyond these valued heritage items.
This presentation will outline the Library strategy for building staff capacity and knowledge around (a) the preservation and curation of our digital assets, (b) the establishment of Curation Framework policies, and (c) the development of a Digital Asset Management System (DAMS). With attention shifting from access (the usual focus of repository requirements) to curation, the University of Otago Library has invested in developing a DAMS to curate digital objects using Fedora Commons / Islandora software, rather than other software currently in use (for example DSpace and Omeka).
Themes: Repositories and Cultural Heritage, Integrating with the Wider Web and External Systems, Managing Rights, Developing and Training Staff
Audience: Repository Managers, Developers, Librarians, Archivists and anyone interested in digital curation.
2016-05-31T22:49:25ZRobert Gibbings (1889-1958): An Inventory of his Work in Special Collections, University of OtagoSmith, Romillyhttp://hdl.handle.net/10523/64022016-05-03T14:02:10Z2016-05-02T21:34:35ZRobert Gibbings (1889-1958): An Inventory of his Work in Special Collections, University of Otago
2016-04
Smith, Romilly
Irish-born Robert Gibbings (1889-1958) was an incredibly talented artist, engraver, and author. He traveled widely and spent a lot of time in the South Pacific; he even visited Dunedin in the 1940s. Special Collections at the University of Otago has a wide range of works by and about Gibbings; most of which are listed in this inventory.
2016-05-02T21:34:35ZEric Gill (1882-1940): An Inventory of his Work in Special Collections, University of OtagoSmith, Romillyhttp://hdl.handle.net/10523/64012016-05-03T14:02:07Z2016-05-02T21:32:09ZEric Gill (1882-1940): An Inventory of his Work in Special Collections, University of Otago
2016-04
Smith, Romilly
Eric Gill (1882-1940) was an artist, engraver, typographer and sculptor. The works he completed in his lifetime have had a lasting effect and influence on the artistic world. Special Collections at the University of Otago has a number of works by Eric Gill and by others about Eric Gill. This inventory lists those and other relevant works.
2016-05-02T21:32:09ZFoxcroft Lecture 2015Kerr, Donaldhttp://hdl.handle.net/10523/63132016-03-30T13:02:49Z2016-03-29T22:07:34ZFoxcroft Lecture 2015
2016
Kerr, Donald
Kirsop, Wallace; Sherlock, Meredith
An overview of three New Zealand book collectors: Sir George Grey, Dr T.M. Hocken, and Frank Wild Reed; their collections and legacy.
2016-03-29T22:07:34ZIncunabula in Special Collections, University of Otago LibraryKerr, Donaldhttp://hdl.handle.net/10523/56502015-05-04T14:02:11Z2015-05-03T22:56:35ZIncunabula in Special Collections, University of Otago Library
2010
Kerr, Donald
Special Collections, University of Otago Library, houses 42 examples of pre-1501 early printed books that represent 15th century printmanship from Italy, German, Switzerland, and France. There is one highly unusual English sample: four binding fragments printed by William Caxton, and John Lettou, about 1480 and bound in a 1481 edition of Nicolas de Lyra’s Commentaria in bibliam (no.7). There is a selection of printers, ranging from Johann Amerbach, Peter Drach, Ulrich Han, and Georg Husner to Anton Koberger, Aldus Manuitus, Johann Mentelin, and Johannes Trechsel. Operating from European towns such as Basel, Speyer, Rome, Strassburg, Nuremberg, Venice, Strassburg, and Lyon, their productions reflect their expertise and resources in this burgeoning industry. Typefaces, style, and quality of printing and bookmaking also vary. Indeed, the collection contains items that are typographical masterpieces (no. 7); others are downright pedestrian. Barring one book in German and another in Latin and Greek, all of the other books are in Latin, the predominant language for the printed word before 1500.
Given that most of the books are tied to established bibliographies, the descriptions attached are brief. However, the descriptions are grounded in the books at Otago, especially to condition and provenance. There has been some modernization of letters. References used follow the catalogue listing, as do printer and location indexes.
Images accompany most entries, offering a brief glimpse of the book and its make-up. They highlight bindings, decorations such as woodcut initials and illustrations, title-page samples, rubrications, typefaces, colophons and printer’s devices, and provenance and bibliographical information (often on endpapers).
Notable highlights include Liber chronicarum (The Nuremberg Chronicle, 1493), Boccaccio’s De genealogiae deorum gentilium, an encyclopedia of pagan gods, a book of medical aphorisms translated from Arabic in to Latin (1484), the Aldine printing of Institutiones Graecae Grammaticae (1497), and a leaf of the Nuremberg Bible, printed by Anton Koberger, 1483.
The prime purpose of this descriptive list is to raise the awareness of the existence of these books in New Zealand (and at the University of Otago, Dunedin) and encourage scholarly use in them. Like their vellum counter-parts, the medieval manuscripts, these survivors of a bygone age have their own distinct beauty and specific usefulness, be it textual or physical. They stand as very useful resources, especially to Early Modern scholars.
Special thanks to Dr Christopher de Hamel (Parker Library, Cambridge); John Goldfinch (British Library); Dr Falk Eisermann (State Library, Berlin); Klaus Graf (University of Freiburg), Michael Laird (Texas), Bettina Wagner (Bavarian State Library, Munich); and Anthony Tedeschi (University of Melbourne Special Collections).
No list is without flaws. To this end, feedback is appreciated, either through email, letter, or in person. I welcome comments and suggestions.
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